Category: Politics

Continuous efforts are being made to improve the quality of education – CM Dhami

Dehradun (Amaanullah Usmani) Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday provided appointment letters to 236 assistant teachers selected under the Elementary Education Department at the Directorate of Education Nanurkheda. 473 assistant teachers have been selected in the first phase of counseling under the Elementary Education Department, the remaining candidates are being appointed from the respective districts. The Chief Minister said that continuous efforts are being made to improve the quality of education in the state. He said that a proposal for the necessary funds for the repair of school buildings in poor condition should be sent soon, whatever amount is required for this will be given.

Congratulating all the candidates who received the appointment letter, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that as the chief servant of the state, it is his good fortune that he is getting the opportunity to provide appointment letters to the teachers who have the big responsibility of building the future of the children of the state. He said that the teacher has an important role in the society. The responsibility of building the future of the children lies on their shoulders. With good education, a child proves to be a precious heritage for the country and society. Better education is the strongest foundation of life.

The Chief Minister said that technology and innovation are taking place in the field of education. He hoped that the newly selected teachers will take ownership of the schools they visit and will do innovative work. The arrival of new teachers will raise new hopes in the field of education in schools. He said that smart class, e-learning and digital education have become important parts of education. It should be ensured that teaching work is not limited to the curriculum only, special attention should also be given to personality development and moral education. The goal of life should be fixed and the direction should be clear. The Chief Minister said that recognizing the talent of children is also an important part of education. It is very important to prepare children on the basis of their talents. He said that in the last three years, more than 16 thousand youth have been employed in government jobs by the state government. Jobs are also being given to youth in non-government sectors through employment fairs.

The Education Minister said that this time more than 6 thousand teachers were transferred under the transfer policy. The effect of the counseling system in the transfer was that those who were transferred are happy, those who were not transferred are also happy. He thanked the Chief Minister and the entire cabinet for this. He said that the government is going to find a way for the early promotion of eligible teachers. Regarding the demands of the guest faculty, he said that efforts are being made to get them their district. Their demand related to salary increase is also being considered.

On this occasion, Secretary School Education Ravinath Raman, Additional Secretary Mrs. Ranjana Rajguru, Director General School Education Banshidhar Tiwari, Director School Education Ajay Kumar Nautiyal and officials of the Education Department were present.

Jamiat and Madrasa Dar-e-Arqam took out Tiranga Yatra

Amaanullah Usmani

Dehradun. Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind and Madrasa Dar-e-Arqam Azad Colony took out a Tiranga Yatra under the leadership of Jamiat’s state executive member Mohammad Shahnazar, in which a large number of local people including madrasa students also participated. On Wednesday, the Tiranga Yatra started from Madrasa Dar-e-Arqam Azad Colony, which passed through Sana Chowk, Muskan Chowk, Post Office Wali Gali Mazra, Saharanpur Road, ISBT and Turner Road and ended back at Sana Chowk.

Addressing the students participating in the Tiranga Yatra, Mohammad Shahnazar said that the pride of the nation, the tricolor, is a symbol of patriotism and dedication towards the country. He also described the Tiranga Yatra as a campaign to take a pledge towards the unity and integrity of the country. He appealed to everyone to cooperate in making the Har Ghar Tiranga Abhiyan a success.

On this occasion, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind District Vice President Master Abdul Sattar, Maulana Abdul Wajid, Mufti Ayaz Ahmed, Qari Mohammad Rao Arif, Maulana Soubhan, Qari Irfan, Qari Mohammad Danish, Qari Farhan Malik, Tausif Khan, Councilor Aftab Alam, Maulana Naveed, Maulana Ahmed Majahiri, etc. were present.

Paving the way for Uttarakhand local body elections in October

Dehradun (Amaanullah Usmani) The way has been cleared for the civic elections in Uttarakhand in October. The Dhami cabinet has approved the bills to amend the Act and rules regarding changes in OBC reservation in the bodies.

Now OBCs will get representation in all bodies according to their population on the lines of SC/ST. At some places, reservation will exceed 14 percent, while at others it will be less. The cabinet on Tuesday approved the Uttarakhand (Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959 (Amendment) Bill 2024 and Uttarakhand (Uttar Pradesh Municipality Act, 1916 (Amendment) Bill 2024) to be placed in the assembly session.

After this, OBC reservation will be implemented in all the municipal bodies as per the recommendation of a single-member dedicated commission. The Urban Development Department will send a report to all the District Magistrates to implement the reservation. After seeking objections on this report, the District Magistrate will send the final reservation report to the government. After this, the State Election Commission will start the election process.

As per the recommendations of the single-member dedicated commission, the seats of Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Chairman, Municipal President, Nagar Panchayat President to Councilor, Councilor, Ward Member will increase in all the bodies. The reservation of Mayor in corporations may increase from 14 to 18.05 percent, the reservation of Chairman in municipalities may increase from 14 to 28.10 and the reservation of Chairman in Panchayats may increase from 14 to 38.97 percent. The number of reserved seats against the total seats is 50 shall not exceed the percentage.

OBC reservation in bodies will increase by 14 percent. In Municipal Corporation, there will be 19.03 percent reservation in Rudrapur of Udham Singh Nagar, 38.62 percent in Kashipur, 20.90 percent in Haridwar of Haridwar district and 36.20 percent in Roorkee, 18.42 percent in Haldwani of Nainital. In the plain districts only Dehradun has been recommended to have OBC reservation less than 14 i.e. 11.92 percent and Rishikesh 9.06 percent. In the hilly district Pauri’s Kotdwar, 6.52 percent OBC reservation has been recommended and Srinagar 5.51 percent.

If we look at municipalities, 22.93 percent OBC reservation has been recommended in Vikasnagar of Dehradun, 34.82 percent in Doiwala, 12.23 percent in Mussoorie, 67.73 percent in Mangalore of Haridwar, 36.04 percent in Laksar, 14.91 percent in Shivaliknagar, 37.85 percent in Gadarpur of Udham Singh Nagar, 63.52 percent in Jaspur, 32.59 percent in Bajpur, 46.05 percent in Kichha, 49.11 percent in Sitarganj, 34.69 percent in Khatima, 62.41 percent in Mahuakhedganj and 26.16 percent in Nagla.

OBC reservation is much less than 10 percent in Gauchar, Karnaprayag of Chamoli, Devprayag of Tehri, Pauri and Dugadda of Pauri, Pithoragarh, Didihat, Gangolihat, Berinag of Pithoragarh, Champawat, Lohaghat of Champawat district, Almora, Ranikhet of Almora district, Bageshwar of Bageshwar district, Nainital of Nainital district, Bhawali municipalities. Reservation will be implemented as per the recommendation, provided the reservation for SC, ST and OBC remains up to 50 percent in total.

Manu Bhaker will hoist the Indian flag at the closing of Olympics-2024

Dehradun (Amanullah Usmani) Manu Bhaker, who created a record with her shooting in Paris Olympics-2024, will once again make the country proud. Manu has been given the responsibility of flag bearer on behalf of India in the closing ceremony of the Olympics. For this, Manu will leave for Paris with her coach Jaspal Rana, the golden boy of Uttarakhand.

Hockey team goalkeeper PR Sreejesh will take over the responsibility of flag bearer along with Manu, who won two bronze medals in shooting, in the closing ceremony to be held on August 11. Jaspal Rana’s father and Uttarakhand Rifle Association President Narayan Singh Rana said, Manu will go back to Paris with her coach Jaspal. He said, this is a matter of pride for Uttarakhand along with the whole country.

This will encourage the shooters of Uttarakhand. Told, on the occasion of the Olympic closing ceremony, a special program will be organized at Jaspal Rana Shooting Institute in Paunda.

Let us tell you that Manu Bhaker has learned the tricks of shooting in Doon, the capital of Uttarakhand. Jaspal is Manu’s personal coach. Manu Bhaker lived in Dehradun before the Olympics began.

For about one and a half months, Manu was trained by Jaspal Rana, famous as the Golden Boy of Uttarakhand, in the shooting range built at Jaspal Rana Shooting Institute in Paunda, Doon. Before the Olympics began, Manu participated in two camps of 12 days each in the shooting range.

Supreme Court’s decision on classification in reservation and creamy layer declared unconstitutional

Deepak Maurya

Haridwar. An important meeting of the Scheduled Castes was held at Sant Ravidas Mandir in Sector 1 BHEL against the Supreme Court’s decision on classification and creamy layer formula in reservation for SC category. Hundreds of people from the Scheduled Castes attended the meeting. The speakers in the meeting said that this decision of the Supreme Court against reservation is unconstitutional and is based on casteist mentality. He said that the reservation given in Article 341 of the Constitution cannot be challenged. If it is being given, then it is against the basic spirit of the Constitution.

The speakers said that the Supreme Court has given this decision without any solid basis. He said that by doing classification, these people want to break the unity of the Scheduled Castes. He told the people about the creamy layer that reservation has been given not on economic basis but on the basis of caste. Even today, who knows how many posts are lying vacant, the backlog quota has not been filled yet and the Supreme Court is talking about classification and creamy layer.

The speakers said that the society has chosen 21st August for the agitation. The society has appealed for Bharat Bandh. The speakers said that even before this, the society had demonstrated its strength by agitating on 02 April 2018 and had reinstated the SC/ST Act. The speakers said that even today a similar agitation is needed. The speakers said that the Supreme Court should reconsider its decision itself, if it does not, then the central government should reverse it by passing a resolution against this decision in the House.

The meeting was chaired by former member of the Scheduled Commission PL Kapil and conducted by Bhanpal Singh Ravi. Mainly Modimal Tegwal, Tirathpal Ravi, Naresh Chandana, Rajendra laborer, Ramjilal Suman, Dr. K P More, Jagjeevan Ram, Arvind Kumar, Parsan Ram Dhusia, Manoj Kumar, Ankur, Amardeep Bandhu, Nathiram, Natthu Singh, V P Singh Tejiyan, Sukhpal Singh, Samay Singh Dabde, Rajendra Kumar, Kishore Pal, Satyendra Kumar, Devendra Kumar Bhaskar, Roopchand Azad Advocate, Mehar Singh and Ravindra Singh etc were present in the meeting.

Supreme Court stays government’s order to traders located on Kavad Yatra route to write their names

The Supreme Court heard petitions challenging an order of the Uttar Pradesh government related to the Kanwar Yatra. In the order of the UP government, the eateries located on the Kanwar Yatra route have been asked to write the names of the owners. After the hearing, the court put an interim stay on the orders of the Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh governments. The court has also issued notices to all three states and sought a reply. The court said that shopkeepers do not need to reveal their names. They should just tell what and what type of food items are available with them.

Earlier, the counsel for the petitioners told the Supreme Court that this is a worrying situation where police officers are taking the initiative to divide the society. Minorities will be identified and boycotted economically. Apart from UP and Uttarakhand, two more states have joined in this. The Supreme Court asked whether it was a press statement or a formal order that these should be displayed?The counsel for the petitioners replied that first there was a press statement and then people started showing anger and said that it is voluntary, but they are strictly following it. The counsel said that this is not a formal order, but the police is taking strict action. Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for the petitioner, said that this is a pseudo order.

Senior advocate CU Singh, representing the petitioner, said that most of the people are very poor, vegetable and tea stall owners and their economic condition will worsen due to such economic boycott. We have faced bulldozer action for not following this.

The Supreme Court told Singhvi that we should not present the situation in such a way that it is exaggerated more than the ground reality. These orders also include the dimensions of safety and hygiene. Singhvi said that Kanwar Yatra has been happening for decades and people of all religions including Muslims, Christians and Buddhists help in their journey. Now you are excluding them.

Singhvi said that many pure vegetarian restaurants are also run by Hindus. Muslim employees can also work in these. Can I say that I will not eat anything there, because the food there is being prepared or served by Muslims or Dalits in some way or the other? Voluntary is written in the instructions, but where is the voluntary? If I tell then I am guilty and if I do not tell then also I am guilty. The Supreme Court asked whether the devotees of Kanwar Yatra (Kanwariyas) also expect that the food should be cooked by the owner of a particular category?

Dr. Afroz Iqbal’s book release was congratulated by many dignitaries

Dehradun (Amaan ullah Usmani) The book “India: Nehru to Modi” was published on Amazon Kindle by Dr. Afroz Iqbal, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Shaheed Durgamal Government Post Graduate College, Doiwala.

In its release, Higher Education Minister Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat congratulated and wished and said that keep doing good work. Along with this, MP Hon. Trivendra Rawat ji also wished. Hon. MLA of Doiwala, Brij Bhushan Gairola said that he has been guiding the students a lot since the Corona period and wished them. Director of Higher Education Department Dr. Anju Agarwal and Joint Director Dr. Anand Singh Uniyal were also present at the release and wished them.

The book “India: Nehru to Modi” describes in detail the important schemes started by various Prime Ministers. It begins with Nehru’s five-year plans, which were an attempt to strengthen India’s economic foundation. After Indira Gandhi’s ‘Garibi Hatao’ campaign, Rajiv Gandhi’s technological revolution, and Manmohan Singh’s economic liberalization, there is mention of schemes like “Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat”, ‘Make in India’, ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’, ‘Jan Dhan Yojana’, ‘Ayushman Bharat’ under Narendra Modi’s rule. This book gives readers information about Indian politics and important steps taken towards development.

MLA Brij Bhushan Gairola, Block Pramukh Bhagwan Singh Rawat and Principal Dr. DC Nainwal, Dr. Rakhi Panchola, District President Ravindra Rana, Mandal President Narendra Negi, Arun Sharma, Dinesh Sajwan, Student Union President Mohit Dangwal etc. were present on the occasion.

The Principal of the college Prof. Dr. DC Nainwal while congratulating said that their work is inspiring, students will benefit from it.

Madrasa Board Chairman Shumoon Qasmi also planted trees

Dehradun-Harela festival was also celebrated with great enthusiasm in Arabic madrasas. Tree plantation was done in Madrasa Anwarul Quran of Dehradun. Madrasa Board Chairman Mufti Shammoon Qasmi, who arrived as the chief guest in the program, was warmly welcomed by the Madrasa management by giving a bouquet.

On this occasion, Madrasa Board Chairman Mufti Shammoon Qasmi said that Harela program is a program of greenery, which is being celebrated with great enthusiasm in Arabic madrasas today. He said that Harela festival is giving a new direction to the country and the whole world in the field of environmental protection. On this occasion, all Arabic madrasas should take a pledge to carry forward the tradition of folk festival Harela dedicated to environmental protection and to make nature green. He said that under environmental protection, we should plant trees. Trees provide us oxygen and also provide fruits, flowers, medicines, timber, fuel etc. On this occasion, Madrasa manager Noor Ilahi said that today people are cutting trees for personal gain and are not planting trees, which is causing inequality in nature. Environmental programs are being run by the government to remove inequality. At the same time, prominent social worker Ashraf Hashmi said that planting trees is very important to save nature. Trees have been planted on Harela festival in Arabic Madrasa. Ashraf Hashmi said that to save nature, Harela festival is also celebrated with great enthusiasm in Arabic Madrasas. On this occasion, Madrasa manager Noor Ilahi also planted trees.

A campaign will also be run against vehicles parked illegally on the roadside in Dehradun from tomorrow

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Chief Secretary Smt Radha Raturi has instructed to take strict action against vehicles parked illegally on the roadside by running a campaign from Saturday to improve the traffic system in Rishikesh, Lakshmanjhula, Muni ki Reti, Tapovan and Srinagar before the start of Chardham Yatra. This campaign will also be run in Dehradun from Saturday. Taking a meeting on traffic management with Director General of Police, Commissioner Garhwal, DM Dehradun, Tehri and Pauri and Senior Superintendent of Police Dehradun, Tehri and Pauri at the Secretariat on Friday, CS Smt Radha Raturi has directed the District Magistrates to send long-term proposals to the secretariate soon for traffic management and to take short-term corrective steps immediately.

Regarding the problem of illegal parking of vehicles parked on the roadside in Rishikesh and the traffic jam caused by it, the Chief Secretary has directed to make arrangements for parking for tourist vehicles near rafting sites and camping in Rishikesh.She has also given instructions to make parking arrangements on private land. Chief Secretary Smt Raturi has instructed the officials that the tendency of parking vehicles on the roads should not be tolerated under any circumstances and strict and immediate action should be taken against it. Along with this, action will also be taken against such hotel and restaurant owners who are not making proper parking arrangements for their employees and customers and are promoting illegal parking on the roads.

CS has also given instructions to run a campaign against encroachment on the roads. To deal with the problem of traffic jam at various places, Smt Radha Raturi has instructed to immediately send proposals for widening of various narrow roads including Neelkanth to the secretariate . The Chief Secretary said that in view of the convenience of Chardham pilgrims, it is very important to improve traffic management before the Yatra. She has also instructed the District Magistrates to work on the proposals for alternative routes of Chardham Yatra routes.